Other than a couple of home-made YouTube and Soundcloud versions, there seem to be no recorded cover versions of Dylan's heavy-handed (heavy-fingered?) and somewhat obscure (official release came on the Bootleg Series Vol. 9) 1962 protest song, "Long Ago, Far Away".
Update: Odetta did do a version not available on-line on her "Odetta Sings Dylan" album!
However, after reacquiring A Thousand Words by mega-underappreciated eighties SoCal punk band, Mad Parade (more to come), I discovered that they'd interpolated the first verse from "Long Ago, Far Away" into the album's stand-out tune, "Animal Riot". While I recommend taking in all the nice little arrangement tricks the band pulls out over the course of the song, if you need to get right to Bobby D.'s part, it starts at 2:39, after the break-it-down part and the guitar solo, but before the ultra-brief Robert plant tribute.
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I believe Odetta recorded a version
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know there are these version of the song:
ReplyDeleteBernies Autobahn Band (Weit Weg - Lange Her) (3:46) (Dtsch.Text: Bernie Conrads)
LP, "Wenn Es Nacht Is In Der Stadt", Nature 0060.132, 1978
The Black Country Three (1:51)
LP, "The Black Country Three", Transatlantic Records TRA 120, 1966
CD, "It Ain't Me Babe" (Zimmerman framed: the songs of Bob Dylan) (various artists), Castle Records CMRCD 261, 2001
The Brothers Four
LP, "Four Strong Winds", Harmony (a product of Columbia Records) HSW 11341, 19**
Gösta Linderholm (Så Långt Bort - För Länge Sen) (3:12) (Bob Dylan-Lennart Klein-Gösta Linderholm)
LP, "Jordsmak", Metronome Records AB MLP 15.636, 1978
Antonius / Aruba
Thank you.
DeleteThat is an amazing answer - makes me miss the old Dylan covers web-site.
If you meant Dave Plentus site...I agree....
ReplyDeleteHave worked together with him for several years and I am (still) planning to give that site an appropriate follow-up....
Antonius / aruba
Yeas that's the one. I was so sad when he passed. I look forward to your follow-up
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